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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joanne Chory, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Jianming Li, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; A01H / ; A01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
800298 ; 800295 ; 435 691 ; 4353201 ; 435419 ; 536 236 ; 536 241 ;
Abstract
A novel plant steroid 5.alpha. reductase, DET2, is provided, as well as polynucleotides encoding DET2. DET2 is useful in promoting increased plant yield and/or increased plant biomass. Genetically modified plants characterized as having increased yield and methods for producing such plants are also provided.